Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medal winners announced

Both the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals have been won by US writers, with Ruta Sepetys' refugee story Salt to the Sea (Puffin) taking the 80th anniversary Carnegie Medal, and illustrator Lane Smith winning the Kate Greenaway Medal category for his picture book, There is a Tribe of Kids (Two Hoots).

19/06/2017

Poetry competition for 10-13 year olds

Budding poets - here's a great competition for those aged 10-13 years to write a poem on the theme of 'place' for the 2017 Betjeman Poetry Prize.

A boyband to die for!

Everything you have most to fear from boybands is brought hilariously to life in TOM NICOLL's latest novel, THE BOYBAND OF THE APOCALYPSE, about a boyband that plans to take over the world!

26/05/2017

Philip Pullman's new three-part work

The first volume of Philip Pullman's three-part work The Book of Dust will be called La Belle Sauvage and it will be published on 20 October. The story will follow 11-year-old Malcolm Polstead and his daemon, Asta. You can watch a short video of Pullman talking about The Book of Dust, below.